I’m not sure why I’m so interested in this brief news video about a pig that survived 36 days of being buried in the recent Chinese earthquake, so maybe you can help me.

Maybe it’s the human-interest angle of the farmer who bought the pig to fatten and profit from, only to first fear the pig dead, then discover the pig alive but 40% thinner.

Maybe it’s the joyous expression of the young Chinese soldier who takes the surviving pig as a symbol of hope and resilience.

Maybe it’s the conclusion, wherein a local museum purchases the pig and promises to tend for it the rest of its natural days, which has me wondering just how China defines the word “museum.”

Or maybe it’s just the unthinking, indomitable spirit of a pig that survives more than a month drinking rainwater and living off its own flesh.

You decide.

(A side note to the folks at LATimes.com: Your video embed doesn’t work, no way, no how. Hence my using the link, rather than sharing the vid.)

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